CNG - Uranius Antoninus. Tet. EXTREMELY RARE!
$577.00 in Oct. 1999
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     SYRIA, Seleukis and Pieria. Emisa. Uranius Antoninus. 253-254 AD.
     AR Tetradrachm (7.52 gm). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust
     right; viewed from behind / Eagle standing facing, wings spread,
     head right with wreath in beak; S-C to either side of eagle,
     EMICA in exergue. Cf. Baldus 3 (unlisted dies); cf. Delbrück,
     "Uranius of Emesa" NC (1948), pg. 13, 8; cf. BMC Galatia, etc.
     pg. 240, 23. Fair. Extremely Rare! 716280

Uranius Antoninus is unknown from the ancient literary sources,
although Zosimus confuses this usurper with two usurpers
he names as Antoninus and Uranius during the reign of Severus
Alexander. Zosimus probably got the dates wrong: Numismatic
evidence places the usurpation in the chaotic mid-third century,
circa 252-253 AD. Uranius established his government at Emesa in
Syria, probably in response to repeated Persian attacks rather
than as a challenge to Rome. In any event, it appears he was
finally subdued when Valerian marched to recover the East.